Meta-Analysis on Clinical Study of Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Diabetic Cerebral Infarction
- VernacularTitle:中西医结合治疗糖尿病性脑梗死临床疗效Meta分析
- Author:
Yihui DENG
;
Meiling XU
;
Jinwen GE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diabetic cerebral infarction;
integration of traditional and western medicine;
Meta-analysis;
systematic reviews
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2006;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To summarize the published studies of diabetic cerebral infarction treated by integration of traditional and western medicine (ITWM) or pure western medicine and compare their clinical curative effects. Method The clinical study of ITWM for diabetic cerebral infarction were collected and seleted according to the standard. The effect of ITWM and only western medicine was compared, and Meta-analysis was made. Result 59 studies were included to analysis neurological deficit and the total efficiency. Meta-analysis revealed that the improvement of ITWM is better than pure western medicine treatment. Conclusion The existed limited evidences suggest that ITWM treatment of diabetic cerebral infarction can significantly improve neurological deficit and curative effect. More high-quality randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of ITWM treatment of diabetic cerebral infarction.
